Let's see, I think it started when Madeline Murray O'Hare complained she
didn't want any prayer in our schools, and we said OK.

Then someone said you better not read the Bible in school, the Bible that
says thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, and love your neighbor as
yourself. And we said, OK.

Dr. Benjamin Spock said we shouldn't spank our children when they misbehave
because their little personalities would be warped and we might damage their
self-esteem. And we said, an expert should know what he's talking about so we
won't spank them anymore.

Then someone said teachers and principals better not discipline our children
when they misbehave. And the school administrators said no faculty member in
this school better touch a student when they misbehave because we don't want any
bad publicity, and we surely don't want to be sued. And we accepted their
reasoning.

Then someone said, let's let our daughters have abortions if they want, and
they won't even have to tell their parents. And we said that's a grand idea.

Then some wise school board member said, since boys will be boys and they're
going to do it anyway, let's give our sons all the condoms they want, so they
can have all the fun they desire, and we won't have to tell their parents they
got them at school. And we said that's another great idea.

Then some of our top elected officials said it doesn't matter what we do in
private as long as we do our jobs. And agreeing with them, we said it doesn't
matter to me what anyone, including the President does in private as long as I
have a job and the economy is good.

And then someone said let's print magazines with pictures of nude women and
call it wholesome down-to-earth appreciation for the beauty of the female body.
And we said we have no problem with that.

And someone else took that appreciation a step further and published pictures
of nude children and then stepped further still by making them available on the
Internet. And we said they're entitled to their free speech.

And the entertainment industry said, let's make TV shows and movies that
promote profanity, violence, and illicit sex. And let's record music that
encourages rape, drugs, murder, suicide, and satanic themes. And we said it's
just entertainment, it has no adverse effect, and nobody takes it seriously
anyway, so go right ahead.

Therefore, now we're asking ourselves why our children have no conscience,
why they don't know right from wrong, and why it doesn't bother them to kill
strangers, their classmates, and themselves.

Probably, if we think about it long and hard enough, we can figure it out.